Adams Village

Adams Village Business Association Meeting Nov. 18

Submitted by alyssakeil on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 2:09pm

The Adams Village Business Association will meet on Friday, November 18, at 12:30 pm at the Adams Street Library. For more information about the Adams Village Business Association, check out their facebook. Please call Mary with any questions at 617-697-3019.

Irish Heritage Festival 2011, Oct. 9

Submitted by RFoley on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:20am

The 2011 Irish Heritage Festival will take place in Adams Corner on Oct. 9, 2011. The free family festival runs from noon to 8 p.m., and will feature Irish entertainment, shopping, food and culture in Massachusetts' most Irish neighborhood, Adams Corner in Dorchester. Featured musicians include: The Joshua Tree, Devri, The Gobshites, Clancy Legacy, Robbie O’Connell /Aoife Clancy, Margaret Dalton & Erin's Melody, Sean Og Connors, and more.

You can follow the festival on Facebook, visit the website, or sign up to volunteer!

Historic New England: Pierce House

Location

24 Oakton Avenue
Dorchester, MA, 02122
United States
42° 17' 12.84" N, 71° 3' 11.88" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 288-6041

Email: 

PierceHouse@HistoricNewEngland.org

Website: 

http://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/homes/pierce.htm

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Open May 16, 2-4pm and October 24, 1-4pm. Tours on the hour, last tour at 3pm

Mission: 

The 1683 Pierce House is a rare known surviving example in the Boston area of a seventeenth century or First Period house. It documents period building practices, and the tastes and housing needs of one family, the Pierces, over more than three centuries. At different times, family members expanded and adapted their dwelling to meet new demands for space, function, comfort, privacy, and cleanliness.

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